View full sizeMike Greenlar / The Post StandardLisa Matthews sits on her porch at 1801 South Ave, where she says she witnessed a young girl being hit by a car Tuesday afternoon near the corner of South and Marguerite avenues, in front of Elmwood Elementary School.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse police are searching for the driver of a car that hit a 6-year-old girl in front of Elmwood Elementary School this afternoon and drove off.

The girl was taken to Upstate University Hospital as a precaution with a leg injury, said Sgt. Gary Bulinski.

The accident occurred at the intersection of South and Marguerite avenues just after 3 p.m. The girl was crossing Marguerite when she was struck by a red four-door sedan that was heading west on Marguerite, Bulinski said.

Lisa Matthews, who lives across from the school, said she saw it happen while sitting on her porch eating ice cream. The driver appeared to be picking up his child after school, and a lot of people saw what happened, Matthews said.

“Everybody was hollering that there was a child under his car,” she said. “He looked down, saw the child and turned around.”

Bulinski confirmed that the driver made a U-turn before driving away.

“It’s terrible to hit a child — to hit anybody — and keep going,” Matthews said. “For him to be a parent, that’s really messed up.”